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UNIT 27
SCHEDULING

LESSON 1

Goals:
- to develop the skills of using new lexical units;
- to improve reading and listening skills;
- to develop cognitive interests of students;
- to educate the general culture of students.
Type of the lesson: combined.

PROCEDURE
І. INTRODUCTION

T: Hi everyone.
T: Who is absent today?
T: Let’s train at first English tongue twisters.
1
The little red lorry went down Limuru road.
Limuru (Lee-moo-roo) road is a the name of a road in Kenya.
2
Flies fly but a fly flies.
3
Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?
by Paul Davies
4
If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the Hottentot tot
be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught 'er?
5
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans
as a canner can if a canner can can cans.
6
Federal Express is now called FedEx.
When I retire I'll be a FedEx ex.
But if I'm an officer when I retire, I'll be an ex Fedex Exec.
Then after a divorce, my ex-wife will be an ex FedEx exec's ex.
If I rejoin FedEx in time, I'd be an ex ex FedEx exec.
When we remarry, my wife will be an ex ex FedEx exec's ex.
7
Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?
by Ann Clark
8
Does this shop sport short socks with spots?
9
Customer: Do you have soothers?
Shopkeeper (thinking he had said "scissors"): No, we don't have scissors.
Customer: Soothers!
Shopkeeper : No, we don't have scissors or soothers.
... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ...
actual conversation in a shop in Canada, recorded by Don Monson

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